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Kvaroy’s land-based venture goes with the flow

Kvaroy’s land-based venture goes with the flow

Norwegian salmon producer Kvaroy Arctic is diversifying into land-based farming to complement its traditional net pen operations.

Mowi dives deep to beat lice problem

Mowi dives deep to beat lice problem

Mowi Scotland and aquaculture supplier AKVA group Scotland have given details of a commercial validation trial of AKVA’s Tubenet that recently began at the salmon farmer’s Port na Cro farm, Argyll and Bute.

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Using lights to lure lice to their deaths

Using lights to lure lice to their deaths

A Chilean company has developed a system for reducing lice levels in salmon cages by attracting them with lights and then sucking them into a filter trap.

SEPA changes medicine rules to keep control of lice

SEPA changes medicine rules to keep control of lice

Scotland’s salmon farmers today welcomed a new move by regulators to allow them to more effectively combat sea lice during the period of reduced staffing caused by the Covid-19 epidemic.

Supplement stops young lice getting to grips with salmon

Supplement stops young lice getting to grips with salmon

A Chilean company has produced a natural product which has been shown to reduce sea lice infestation by inhibiting the maturation of the filament a louse uses to attach itself to a salmon.

Chilean fish farmers plan Scotland trips to see Hydrolicer at work

Chilean fish farmers plan Scotland trips to see Hydrolicer at work

Norwegian company Smir, which makes the Hydrolicer, is planning to welcome Chilean salmon farmers to Scotland to show its technology in action later this year.

Norway ready to switch on salmon farming red light

Norway ready to switch on salmon farming red light

Norway’s fisheries minister Harald Nesvik has told a conference in Bergen that he intends to “turn on the red light” that signals a reduction in biomass for some sites under the country’s “traffic light” system for salmon farming.

Snorkel cage reduces sea lice infestation by 75%

Snorkel cage reduces sea lice infestation by 75%

A one-year commercial trial using salmon in snorkel cages resulted in a 75% decrease in the level of lice and as a result, the number of antiparasitic baths also decreased.

'Environmentally-harmless' lice drug developed in Chile

'Environmentally-harmless' lice drug developed in Chile

A Chilean biotechnology consortium has applied to patent a new antiparasitic which it says produces 100% mortality in both larval-stage and adult sea lice in laboratory tests.

Study will test if bioactive feed can combat lice

Study will test if bioactive feed can combat lice

A new £300,000 study involving University of Stirling experts and a leading animal feed manufacturer is aiming to explore how certain feed ingredients can reduce infections in farmed fish.

Scientists attempt to get the jump on lice

Scientists attempt to get the jump on lice

Researchers from Norway and Australia have been testing a novel way of treating salmon for sea lice by forming a floating layer of oil and antiparasitic on the surface of the water.

Chile: Electric shock tactics used in battle against lice

Chile: Electric shock tactics used in battle against lice

A Chilean technology company has created a delousing system that uses electric current to loosen lice off farmed salmon. It estimates a reduction of 30% in the costs associated with treatments.

Silicon Valley lice counter inventor targets Scotland

Silicon Valley lice counter inventor targets Scotland

The Norwegian-American company Aquabyte, which develops systems for automatic lice counting through machine learning, has set its sights on Scotland and Canada after announcing that it has raised $10 million in a financing round to strengthen its growth.

Stingray creator shortlisted for European Inventor Award

Stingray creator shortlisted for European Inventor Award

The inventor of sea lice-killing laser system Stingray has been named as a finalist in the European Inventor Award 2019, run by the European Patent Office (EPO).